Oops. % patch; make .... `sh cflags libperl.a miniperlmain.o` miniperlmain.c CCCMD = cc -DPERL_CORE -c -Dbool=char -DHAS_BOOL -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include -O2 In file included from perl.h:24, from miniperlmain.c:12: config.h:1580: undefined or invalid # directive config.h:2173: undefined or invalid # directive make: *** [miniperlmain.o] Error 1 Exit 2 % cat -n config.h | sed -ne '1580p; 2173p' 1580 # HAS_ICONV /**/ 2173 # I_ICONV /**/ % make clean; Configure -des ... Checking for optional libraries... I could not find -lm, the mathematics library. This means that something went awfully wrong. Exit 1 Hm... --tom